The School Committee may vote as soon as April 24 on whether to name the track at Taunton High School after a longtime teacher and coach, the late Bob Lane.

“I’m 99 percent sure we’re going to move forward with the Robert Lane Track,” Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr. said at a recent School Committee meeting.

Lane died in 2011 following an accident at his home. He was 68 years old.

The request to name the track after Lane came last month in the form of a letter from UMass strength and conditioning director Bob Otrando, who years ago worked under Lane as an assistant coach in Taunton.

“Coach Lane taught and coached for over 40 years and has impacted thousands of youth with his energy, expert coaching and most importantly the life lessons they all learned,” Otrando wrote in the letter to the School Committee.

Lane taught at the former Monsignor Coyle High School, Somerset High School, Taunton High School and Parker Middle School, retiring in 2004. He also coached many sports — including football, track and field, basketball and cross country — at Coyle, Somerset, Taunton, Oliver Ames and Milton high schools. He was also on the Taunton Park and Recreation Commission for many years.

“I anticipate it will be on the next agenda,” Superintendent Julie Hackett recently said.

The School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week due to school vacation, and is next scheduled to meet Wednesday, April 24.

School Committee Chairman Joseph Martin said that to the best of his knowledge, the track dedication request will be taken up at the April 24 meeting, pending the availability of Lane’s family to attend.

“I would like to see it done before school ends,” Martin said.

He added that he expects the committee to approve the request.

“I think that’s the feeling of the committee, although I can speak for everyone,” he said.